Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, has had a fatwa or Islamic religious decree calling for his death hanging over his head for perhaps 30 years. This morning in upstate NY he was repeatedly stabbed onstage and remains in hospital in serious condition.
His attacker was apprehended and is in custody, a young man named Hadi Matar from New Jersey. Unbelievably the mainstream media have been silent about Matar, and claim no motive has been determined.
On the other hand, Steve Hayward of Power Line posts a Tweet by Andy Ngo of BLM reporting fame, which makes the following claim.
Suspect Hadi Matar had multiple posts in support of Iran and Shia Islam on Facebook.
In addition to which the Daily Mail (U.K.) reports the leadership of Iran is celebrating the attack and the attacker.
